Oksana Selekhmeteva defeated Catherine Aulia in the qualifying round of the Canberra tournament

Oksana Selekhmetevanumber 189 of the WTA, fulfilled the forecasts by winning the previous qualifying round of the tournament of Canberra in one hour and ten minutes 6- y 6-2 a la australian Catherine Aulia. After this result, the winner adds new points to her ranking to gain access to the tournament of Canberra.

The Australian tennis player managed to break serve once, while Selekhmeteva did it 6 times.

the tournament of Canberra (ITF Australia 01A) includes a preliminary phase in which the players with the lowest ranking face each other to obtain the highest possible score to enter the official tournament with the rest of the contenders. During this part of the competition, specifically, a total of 56 tennis players participate. In addition, it is held between January 1 and 7 on an outdoor hard court.

Tennis, a sport for everyone

Tennis is considered a classic sport. Every year, four tournaments (the so-called ‘Grand Slams’) attract all the world’s attention: the season begins with the Open the Australiacontinue with the clay track of Roland Garrosthen moved to London with the celebration of Wimbledon and finally concludes in the USA with the US Open.

In the rest of the year, players also compete around the world completing seasons on different surfaces: hard or fast track, clay o herb.

tennis was born in Europa at the end of the 18th century and since 1926 it is a professional sport after the creation of the first tour. It was especially popular among the upper classes of English-speaking countries, but today it is a global sport. It’s divided in of the categories: the men’s competition (ATP) and the women’s (WTA).

ATP

The ATP (Association of Tennis Professionals) is the association of professional tennis players that brings together players from all over the world in the men’s category.

The ATP tour organizes several tournaments throughout the year: ATP Masters 1000 (if a player wins the tournament, he will take 1000 points to add to the ATP ranking), ATP 500 and ATP 250. Below these tournaments, in a lower step is the ATP Challenger Tour, where the future stars of world tennis compete. . In addition, he is also in charge of the Grand Slams.

The fight to be the best in history continues in the men’s category. The Spanish Rafael Nadalthe Serbian Novak Djokovic and the swiss Roger Federer they compete to improve all records and accumulate the greatest number of Grand Slams. The three players are often referred to as ‘Big Three‘ in front of the new generations or ‘Next Gen’.

These new future tennis stars have entered stomping on the global tennis circuit, as in the case of the Greek Stefanos Tsitsipasof the Italian Matthew Berrettinithe German Alexander Zverev or the russians Medvedev y Rublev.

Novak Djokovic currently holds the record for weeks at number 1 of the ATP rankings, closely followed by Roger Federer, the legendary American player Pete Sampras, Iván Lendl and Jimmy Connors.

WTA

The WTA (Women’s Tennis Association) was founded in 1973 by the famous former tennis player Billie Jean King. The Californian won 39 Grand Slam titles during her active career and is an icon in the world of tennis.

Currently, there are many tennis players in the women’s category who are fighting to stay at the top of the world tennis elite and surpass Stefanie Graff or Serena Williams. Players like the Polish Iga Swiatek (Roland Garros champion in 2021), the Greek Maria Sakkari o Paula Badosa (the first Spanish winner of Indian Wells) are fighting to stay in the famous top 10 of the WTA ranking.

In the year 2022, the Australian player Asleigh Barty announced his final retirement from tennis and left behind an impressive career with several Grand Slams behind him. Now is the chance for the other players to take over from him and become number 1.

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